# The Scylla Posting Method **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 21, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288 "2002-06-21T16:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/41 "2002-06-21T23:34:36Z")
Ok, who’s is doing this to me? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/42 "2002-06-21T23:35:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Orig. by Scylla_ > If you’re not an American you need to have your posts underlined so that we know that you’re an outside agitator. English people, Australians, and Canadians are exempt from this requirement since you’re really just like Americans anyway … Oh, yeah? Kiwis never need to underline, mate. So there. An’ who told you we put our agitators outside? No room in th’ laundry after installing th’ beer coolers, after all … ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/43 "2002-06-21T23:35:51Z")
It is of course, fitting that you double posted that, **Mighty** 😃 (crossing fingers hoping I don’t screw something up) ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/44 "2002-06-21T23:44:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > **On pain of banishment, of course, no one would be permitted to use the “Star Trek” theme.** Or “Stairway to Heaven,” of course. pesch Who’s too friggin’ exhausted to figgure this Tom-Ridge-color-coding system out. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/45 "2002-06-22T01:29:58Z")
Of course I should have underlined - I’m from Quebec, remember? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/46 "2002-06-22T02:20:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\* > > As if. \*\* \*\*Ooooh, look. Euty outed himself! Look, it’s very simple. We have no colors set aside for religion or age because that would be discriminatory, and we don’t want people to think that we’re a bunch of bigots who judge other people by superficial standards, do we? However, if you’re a WASP (white anglo saxon protestant,) you are entitled to post in \*\* blue If you’re confused, because you’re all multicultural and whatnot, it’s like I said before. You have to get your act together. For example, If you are a gay black liberal, you have to consider the fact that you have too much going on. My suggestion would be that you clean up your act and be either gay, black, or liberal, but not all three. It’s the rare person that can pull off two of these things, even fewer can pull off all three. You might as well face it, if you’re a gay black liberal, you really don’t have the time to do any of those things well. I mean look at esprix. He’s just gay, and he’s extremely popular, and he does it extremely well. The “Ask the Gay Guy” threads just wouldn’t be the same if it was the “Ask the Gay, black, Asian, Communist,” now would it? ---
**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/47 "2002-06-22T02:34:29Z")
Am I the only one who thinks that Scylla’s big-ass font is the visual equivalent of God’s voice booming down from the clouds? So…emphatic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/48 "2002-06-22T08:01:58Z")
How did you know I was gay, black, Asian and Communist? GET OUT OF MY MIND! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/49 "2002-06-22T14:06:22Z")
\*\*\*… and so where does beastiality fit in this scheme of things? \*\* \* ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/50 "2002-06-22T14:24:45Z")
Please. Only. Liberals would condone beastiality. I haven’t quite reached five thousand posts, but since I was named by Duck Duck Goose as a “newbie that rocketed to instant fame” I feel that my WASP input is important and I will make my font LARGE, but not HUGE. My income exceeds $50,000, but only when combined with that of my husband, who heads the household…like all good Christian marriages. So I’m sort of stuck. If only there were a blue with a silver drop shadow so WASP women in Pleasantville could post. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/51 "2002-06-22T14:26:27Z")
?sdrawkcab kniht yeht ecnis siht ekil tsop starcomed t’ndluohS ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/52 "2002-06-22T14:40:16Z")
This is so fun. Now I know who I can pay attention to. Yey! ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/53 "2002-06-22T18:09:59Z")
**elucidator** said: > [@](#): > > Who would gain exclusive rights to Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies . . . [celestina raises her hand and waves furiously] Me me me me me!!! I’m sweet, and CalMeacham said I’m a “diminuitive imp” so I’m perfectly qualified. 😃 Oooh, this sienna color is just gorgeous. But then so is this burlywood. However, I’m really upset that there’s no yellow color for me to post in. :mad: Yellow is the color that best defines me. 😛 Although silver and chocolate and sandy brown are nice. 😕 Oh shoot, now I don’t know which color I’d like to post in since they don’t have yellow or better yet gold. ☹ Oooh look at this indigo and purple. They are just gorgeous too. I just love playing with all the pretty colors. 🙂 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/54 "2002-06-22T18:16:53Z")
Ooops. I forgot to add my sig so y’all can see that I’m not lying about what **CalMeacham** said. [giggle] ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/55 "2002-06-22T18:19:19Z")
:o [celestina scratching her head] I know I pressed the Show Signature button. 😕 What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/56 "2002-06-22T18:27:15Z")
Damn! I’m always feeling fucking invisible anyway. [COLOR=seagreen]Guess I have to go with vegetarian green since therer’s no color for celebants!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/57 "2002-06-22T18:30:23Z")
Damn! I’m always feeling fucking invisible anyway! Guess I have to go with vegetarian green Since there’s no color for celebants! :smack: IT’S MY FIRST TIME USING COLOR! ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/58 "2002-06-22T19:27:59Z")
So should we all call ourselves “posters of color” now? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288/59 "2002-06-22T21:15:09Z")
Hmmmm. My SO, an Englishman, once corrected me “you are not black, you are tinted”. I did not know whether to laugh or take offense, I opted for the first because it was the first time I heard that word (in that context). 😕 So, is this the right “tinted” colour? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-posting-method/115288.md?page=2)